Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Fiona Smith as its first diversity and inclusion manager. The firm, which employs around 750 people in its Bristol head office and London office, said the appointment of Fiona, pictured, reflected its commitment to diversity and inclusion are integral and the...
PwC, the global accountancy group, has appointed a new senior partner for its Bristol office and filled the newly created role of clients and markets regional lead. Tom Ayerst, pictured right, who heads PwC’s regional deals business, will fill the Bristol office senior partner (OSP) position left vacant in...
Bristol-based customer relationship marketing (CRM) specialist Armadillo taken on two more staff as part of a 25% increase in staffing over 18 months. The agency, works with major brands including Disney, McDonald’s and Carnival UK, has recruited Linzi Hole as group account director and Hannah Waters as art director. Linzi, who joins after...
Specialist business advisory firm FRP has promoted Alex Sargeant to director in its 11-strong Bristol team following a period of significant investment in its people and services. Alex, pictured, left, with Bristol corporate finance partner Mark Naughton, was previously an associate director in the corporate finance team, having joined...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams has appointed Julian Dawson as its first chief operating officer to oversee business operations and improve client experience. Julian, pictured, has more than 15 years’ experience in IT, enterprise architecture, project management and marketing and was previously the firm’s head of IT – a...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King has strengthened its insolvency team with the appointment of experienced solicitor Lisa Cooke. Lisa, pictured, joins Meade King from national firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office where she was an associate solicitor specialising in insolvency litigation on behalf of liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy. ...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has expanded its commercial property team with the appointment of Gareth Hughes as associate solicitor. Gareth, pictured, who specialises in commercial property investment and asset management, has joined from the Bristol office of regional firm Foot Anstey, where he was an associate for nearly six...
Bristol-based construction group Midas has appointed Jerry Williams as its new operational director for its Wessex and Wales division. Jerry is an experienced construction and civil engineering professional who in his new role is taking the lead in managing project delivery across what is a key regional division for...
National transport planning, engineering and placemaking consultancy PJA has further strengthened its South West team by making two senior appointments and a promotion in its Bristol office. Chartered civil engineer Paul Mackie, pictured left, has joined the office as associate director. Formerly an associate at national engineering and planning...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has strengthened its team with the appointment of four trainee solicitors. Mollie Cameron and Ellie Jones started their careers at the firm as paralegals and have taken their first seats in residential conveyancing and clinical negligence respectively. Ella Bartley and Stephanie Pugh are both new...
National planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has expanded its infrastructure and environmental planning team in Bristol with the appointment of Will Spencer. Will, pictured, joins the team as an infrastructure and environmental planning associate having previously worked for the three years as a development consent order and statutory...
The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has refreshed its board – and addressed a major gender imbalance – by recruiting six new business leaders to help it shape the economic future of the region. The six senior businesses leaders – five of them women – work across...
National specialist business advisory firm FRP has appointed Jonathan Dunn as a director in its Bristol restructuring team. Jonathan joins the 11-strong team, led by partner Andrew Sheridan, from accountancy group BDO in Bristol, where he was an associate director. FRP said he brought more than 15 years’ experience...
